Francis Crick
Francis Crick
Francis Harry Compton Crick OM FRSwas a British molecular biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, most noted for being a co-discoverer of the structure of the DNA molecule in 1953 with James Watson. Together with Watson and Maurice Wilkins, he was jointly awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material"...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth8 June 1916
Francis Crick quotes about
fighting men ideas
The dangerous man is the one who has only one idea, because then he'll fight and die for it.
criticism height scientist
A good scientist values criticism almost higher than friendship: no, in science criticism is the height and measure of friendship.
thinking temptation serious
Avoid the temptation to work so hard that there is no time left for serious thinking.
brain essentials details
It is essential to understand our brains in some detail if we are to assess correctly our place in this vast and complicated universe we see all around us.
men views brain
There is no scientific study more vital to man than the study of his own brain. Our entire view of the universe depends on it.
code determined english-scientist four genetic sequence twenty
The genetic code describes the way in which a sequence of twenty or more things is determined by a sequence of four things of a different type.
running long guarantees
We have to take away from humans in the long run their reproductive autonomy as the only way to guarantee the advancement of mankind.
inspiration symphony brain
Consciousness is somehow a by-product of the simultaneous, high frequency firing of neurons in different parts of the brain. It's the meshing of these frequencies that generates consciousness, just as tones from individual instruments produce the rich, complex, & seamless sounds of a symphony orchestra